Gemcitabine And Capecitabine Improved Overall Survival In Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer

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Gemcitabine And Capecitabine Improved Overall Survival In Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
11/2/2005

The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is poor but new therapies such as gemcitabine have contributed to improving the outcome for patients. Data presented at the 13th European Conference (ECCO) revealed that using the combination of gemcitabine and capecitabine increased overall survival in some patients. Between May 2003 and January 2005, 533 patients with previously untreated or cytological proven locally advanced/metastatic carcinoma of the pancreas were randomised to receive either gemcitabine treatment alone, or gemcitabine and capecitabine treatment. Treatment continued until the disease progressed or the side effects/toxicity effects became intolerable. The primary outcome was survival. At the time of the interim analysis in May 2005, 70% of deaths had occurred. The median survival for gemcitabine alone and gemcitabine and capecitabine was 6 months and 7.4 months respectively but 1-year survival rates were 19% and 26% respectively. Toxicity effects recorded in both treatment groups included anaemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, fever, diarrhoea and vomiting. The investigators concluded there was a significant improvement in overall survival by the addition of capecitabine to gemcitabine over gemcitabine alone in advanced pancreatic cancer with acceptable levels of toxicity.

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